Edgar Miller and the handmade home : Chicago's forgotten Renaissance man / Richard Cahan, Michael Williams ; photographs by Alexander Vertikoff.

Main entry:

Cahan, Richard.

Title & Author:

Edgar Miller and the handmade home : Chicago's forgotten Renaissance man / Richard Cahan, Michael Williams ; photographs by Alexander Vertikoff.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

391 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 391) and index.
Edgar Miller's Chicago--and mine -- Chicago's forgotten Renaissance man -- The handmade homes -- The handmade tradition -- Back story.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

In a technological age, Miller embraced old-world skills with strong hands toughened by a lifetime of work. His genius reached its apex in four "fully realized artistic studios" that he built on Chicago's North Side in the 1920s and 30s. He marked almost every inch of the studios with daring and surprise

ISBN:

9780978545055
0978545052

Subject:

Miller, Edgar, 1899-1993.
Interior architecture Illinois Chicago 20th century.
Interior decoration Illinois Chicago 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic Illinois Chicago 20th century.
Architecture intérieure Illinois Chicago 20e siècle.
Décoration intérieure Illinois Chicago 20e siècle.
Architecture, Domestic
Buildings
Interior architecture
Interior decoration
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Illinois Chicago

Form/genre:

Catalog
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Books.
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Williams, Michael (Michael F.)
Miller, Edgar, 1899-1993.
Vertikoff, Alexander, photographer.
Vertikoff, Alexander

Chicago's forgotten Renaissance man

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267483
Call No.: BIB 199478
Status: Available

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